{"id":594,"date":"2026-02-20T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/?p=594"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:48:33","slug":"friday-20th-february-maths-and-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/2026\/02\/20\/friday-20th-february-maths-and-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 20th February: Maths and Lunar new Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we made fortune tellers to celebrate Lunar New Year.\u00a0 We wrote &#8220;Happy New year&#8221; on the outside in Chinese characters and then chose numbers for the inside.\u00a0 Then, we created some new year messages.\u00a0 The number 0 was definitely the most challenging!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-587\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0236-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0236-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0236-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0236-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529-1024x974.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529-768x731.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529-1536x1461.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0232-scaled-e1771590554529.jpg 2018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111548\/IMG_0231-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0229-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0229-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0229-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0229-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0228-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0228-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0228-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0228-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0228-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-579\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0227-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0227-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0227-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0227-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Numeracy and Maths we have started exploring weight.\u00a0 We used concrete materials (the thousands, hundred and tens) to partition (split) to help us prepare for converting kilograms and grams.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593-1024x998.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593-768x749.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593-1536x1497.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20111110\/IMG_0222-scaled-e1771590739593.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-578\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-170x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-580x1024.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-768x1356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-870x1536.jpg 870w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528-1160x2048.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123059\/IMG_0226-scaled-e1771590655528.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-577\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-149x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-149x300.jpg 149w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-508x1024.jpg 508w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-768x1548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-762x1536.jpg 762w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614-1016x2048.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123136\/IMG_0225-scaled-e1771590693614.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-645x1024.jpg 645w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-768x1219.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-968x1536.jpg 968w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592-1290x2048.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123200\/IMG_0224-scaled-e1771590715592.jpg 1613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0223-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0223-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0223-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0223-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0223-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We played games to help us practice our weighing sills before we use the equipment next week.\u00a0 There were lots of different types of scales.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-592\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-768x1047.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-1126x1536.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708-1502x2048.jpg 1502w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp5a202526\/uploads\/sites\/18746\/2026\/02\/20123011\/IMG_0220-scaled-e1771590605708.jpg 1562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-591\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0219-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0219-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0219-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0219-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0238-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0238-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0238-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0238-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-588\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0237-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0237-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0237-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp5a202526\/files\/2026\/02\/IMG_0237-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" 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